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P. A. MORLEY.

' Lantern.

No. 11,632. Patented Aug. 29; 1854.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

P. A. MORLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES BRIGHT.

GLASS LANTERN.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 11,632, dated August 29, 1854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILEMON A. MOR- LEY, of Brooklyn, inthe county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Lamps or Lanterns; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1, is an external perspective view of the lantern and lamp, madein one piece. Fig. 2, is a vertical central section of the same. Fig. 3,is a perspective view, showing the improved glass lamp and lanternprovided with the ordinary guards, and a metal top, and bottom or stand.

Similarletters of reference in each of the several figures indicatecorresponding parts.

The nature of my invention consists, in making a lamp and lantern ofglass, and in one piece.

By thus constructing and combining the lamp and lantern, itsconstruction will be greatly simplified, and its cost lessened. Allfastenings for securing the lamp to the lantern being dispensed with.And as it is made transparent, the light is increased to a great extent,it being shown below as well as on the sides of the lamp. And further,as the lamp and lantern are made in one piece, there is no liability ofthe oil being wasted in filling the lampfor in case the lamp should runover, the surplus oil will be held safely confined in the glass lanternuntil the quantity in the oil chamber is lessened, when the surplus oilwill run into the lamp. This glass lamp and lantern thus combined, maybe made of any desired shape, to suit the purpose intended.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe it more minutely.

1, in the accompanying drawing, represents the oil reservoir, having atop 2, which is slightly concaved, and burners, 3, 3, as shown in thedrawing. 6, represents the lantern it, and the oil chamber are made ofglass, separate from each other, of the required form, and then blowntogether, as shown in the drawing. Thus it will be seen that there is nopossibility of the oil reservoir ever getting detached from the lantern.When the lantern and oil chamber are united, a chamber is formed abovethe top of the reservoir in which the surplus oil is confined in casethe lamp by accident should be caused to spill out its contents.

The lamp is ventilated through holes in top of the lantern, or it may,if necessary, be ventilated by tubes, 5, communicating with thesurrounding air outside the lantern, as shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3, the lamp and lantern are shown provided with the ordinaryhinged top, handle, protecting rods or guards, and metal stand, or base.The top is held closed by a spring catch, as shown in said figure.

The glass lamp and lantern thus formed in one piece, may be convertedinto a signal, carriage, hall, street, stable, or other lamp, asoccasion may require, being a sure preventive against fire.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A lamp and lantern of any desired configuration when made of glass, andin one piece, substantially as herein described.

PHILEMON A. MORLEY.

Witnesses: JNO. W. HAMILTON,

R. W. FENWIGK.

